The image formed by a concave lens is always virtual.

The image formed by a concave lens is always virtual.

• A. Sometimes
• B. True
• C. False
• D. Only for certain objects

Answer: (B)

Concave lenses are diverging lenses, meaning they spread incoming light rays apart. After passing through the lens, the rays do not actually meet to form a real image. If you extend these diverging rays backward, they appear to originate from a point on the same side as the object, which is why the image is virtual. This virtual image is upright and smaller than the object, and this remains true for any object distance (including very far away, where the image appears to come from the focal point on the object's side). So the statement is true.

Concave lenses are diverging lenses, meaning they spread incoming light rays apart. After passing through the lens, the rays do not actually meet to form a real image. If you extend these diverging rays backward, they appear to originate from a point on the same side as the object, which is why the image is virtual. This virtual image is upright and smaller than the object, and this remains true for any object distance (including very far away, where the image appears to come from the focal point on the object's side). So the statement is true.